diff --git a/doGui.go b/doGui.go
index 7db0ae4..e9b22c5 100644
--- a/doGui.go
+++ b/doGui.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 // An app to submit patches for the 30 GO GUI repos
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ func drawWindow(win *gadgets.BasicWindow) {
 		if tbwin == nil {
 			log.Info("show zoo here")
 			tbwin = makeTableWindow()
+			tbwin.showTable(me.machines)
 		}
 
 		if tbwin.Hidden() {
@@ -86,6 +88,19 @@ func (tw *tableWindow) showTable(allm *zoopb.Machines) {
 		tw.grid.NewLabel("hello")
 
 		tw.grid.NewLabel(m.Hostname)
+		tw.grid.NewLabel(fmt.Sprintf("%d", m.Cpus))
+		tw.grid.NewLabel(fmt.Sprintf("%d", m.Memory))
+		tw.grid.NewLabel(m.Distro)
+		tw.grid.NewLabel(findVersion(m, "zood"))
+		tw.grid.NewLabel(findVersion(m, "bash"))
 		tw.grid.NextRow()
 	}
 }
+
+func findVersion(m *zoopb.Machine, pkgname string) string {
+	zood := m.Packages.FindByName(pkgname)
+	if zood == nil {
+		return "n/a"
+	}
+	return zood.Version
+}
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 34b2d35..827f5e1 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/zoopb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ func okHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		var m *zoopb.Machine
 		m = new(zoopb.Machine)
 		if err := m.Unmarshal(msg); err != nil {
-			log.Info("proto.Unmarshal() failed on wire message len", len(msg))
+			log.Info("zoo host sent unknown machine protobuf len", len(msg))
+			forgepb.IdentifyProtobuf(msg)
 			log.Info("error =", err)
 			return
 		}